The Bear Mountain Boat Shop

:confused I must have missed this step I did not epoxy the outwhals or in whales but installed my plugs and varnished the whole thing, hope it lasts.

Ed
:rolling eyes

Hold the boat here

This is a very fun thread!

However for my two pennies I would say table saw, route your B&C and get after it!

Your going to do so much fairing & sanding after the fact to get a fair line, planeing is not needed.

Ed Houston only an opinion!

Jim I used the wet sanding method by hand on my boat with 120 grit just knocking off the gloss after five coats of varnish she looks great I would not use dry sanding and would not use a power sander after the gross sanding on the bare wood. Between varnish coats I used 220 wet sanding again by hand...

My Buddy and his boat.

Hi all :wink Well thoday was launch day and what a craft, she performed great Jacqui & I launched at 0730 and paddled up whats known as Armand Bayou just south of Houston TX. A buddy of mine followe us on his plastic sit on Kayak and asked us to slow down he could not keep up. The water was stil...

:big grin Pictures at following.

Thanks to all who assisted me in this project.

http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/prospecto ... /my_photos

:eyebrows Photos of my Prospector Ranger can be found at the following.


http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/prospecto ... /my_photos

Well its been a long road for me at least but my Preospector Ranger is ready to be splashed.

Jacqui my wife and I will put in on Monday morning and see how she floats.

I have changed the Avatar that shows a picture outside our house.

Ed

Hi All Some time ago I re-painted my 26' sail boat and used a technique called roll on tip off, I wanted to try this technique on my Propsector Ranger for the varnish, well I am happy to report the results are as outstanding as they were on my Pearson sail boat. I read about this technique in a book...

Hi all I got a picture to show up on my postings this is the aft deck with BYM and purple heart & Blood wood inlay.

Varnishing is going great now I am wet sanding coat three is on I intend to go with six coats in all.

Ed

Thanks all

I have now got a picture of my boat on my replies and postings this is the aft deck. Showing inlay of purple heart and blood wood on BYM

Hi Guys Thanks for the replies, I do not think its a question of not being dry I have waited at least the 24hrs. However I do like the wet sanding better if not only for the dust mitigation. I am lucky enough that I can move the boat outside to do the sanding so I am using a garden hose to drizzle w...

It seems like a long time ago when I started my boat and at times thought I would never get to this stage. However here I find myself first coat of varnish is on and now I have another problem. My sand paper is clogging knocking the gloss off the varnish. I have resorted to wet sanding with 320 wet ...

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How do I post a photo to the left of messages?

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:eyebrows Hi all I got the scuppers on one site rounded using strips of 80 grit 120 grit and 150 grit I cut the strips about 1/2" wide and folded them in half length ways giving grit on both sides. By using it like dental floss I was able to get a nice round edge. Router bit would heve been muc...